Maryclare Beche, Angie Smith and Minnie Hawkins, Fall 2020

Maryclare Beche, Angie Smith and Minnie Hawkins, seminarians at McCormick Theological Seminary, as part of a final class assignment in fall 2020, spearheaded a GoFundMe account to support incarcerated learners in the SBI program.  

This campaign supported the purchase of course material and the end of the course celebration care packages (which include hygiene products, toiletries, and devotional readings) for 16 women, detained at the Cook County Jail, enrolled in the spring correspondence course A Beloved Community: Healing, Justice, and the Urgency of Mindfulness taught by Dr. Johari Jabir. The course centers on healing as a life-long learning commitment that sustains a collective public witness of justice. Mindfulness is but one path we can use in the service of healing, justice, and the Beloved Community. 

The GoFundMe campaign raised $1,829